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Title:  O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports, Part XIV: Latin America, 1941-1961

Location:  Jerome Library Main Microforms; film F 1414 .U58

Format and Number of Reels/Fiche/Cards:  Microfilm; 10 reels

Publisher:  University Publications of America

Content Description:  Reproductions of a wide variety of Office of Strategic Services reports written about Latin America from 1941 to 1961. The O.S.S. was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency. The reports cover politics, international relations, trade, agriculture, the economy, finances, etc. Reports range in length from 2 pages to several hundred.

Note: This is only one part of a much larger collection of O.S.S./State Departments reports that is divided into 14 parts by major world area. The BGSU Libraries own only Part XIV: Latin America, 1941-1961.

Language(s):  English

Arrangement:  Reels 1-3) Latin America; Reel 4) Latin America, Argentina; Reel 5) Argentina; Reel 6) Bolivia, Brazil; Reel 7) Caribbean, Chile; Reel 8) Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador; Reel 9) Guatemala, British Guiana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua; Reel 10) Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay, Venezuela

Index/Bibliography:  A Guide to O.S.S./State Department Intelligence and Research Reports: XIV Latin America: 1941-1961. (REF F 1414 .G85) This guide includes a list of all reports on every reel and a subject index to the reports.

Subject Categories:  Business; Economics; History; Political Science

Keywords:  oss, o.s.s., office of strategic services, state department, international relations, latin america, argentina, bolivia, brazil, caribbean, chile, colombia, costa rica, cuba, dominican republic, ecuador, el salvador, guatemala, british guiana, haiti, honduras, jamaica, mexico, nicaragua, panama, paraguay, peru, surinam, uruguay, venezuela

Time Period:  20th century